tonight charlie crowson introduces us to kevin williams and rosslyn andrews. what brought them to the extreme brick over 4. >> reporter: inspiration can come from anywhere and at any time. for kevin williams and rosslyn andrews competitors in extreme brick over 4, their inspiration comes from different generations. pushing they will to achieve their best. >> it's very challenging. it causes you to basically find strength that you didn't know that you had. >> reporter: for kevin those rewards come from both weight loss and overall lifestyle change. >> i was overweight tired all the time. medications for my high blood pressure. my goal is main. my goal is to be there see my grandbaby grow up see my daughter finish college and see all the things that a person wants to see and not have to to feel fear of health issues. >> reporter: rosslyn wears the inspiration of her grandmother on her shirt. it's the motivation she carries in her heart every day since her grandmother died two years ago. >> and that was the most devastating thing i've ever had to encounter. >> re

i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment. kick things off with meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. i can't wait to show you the tornado video from new zealand of all places. just getting to the newsroom overnight. let's show you what's happening locally. we have a look at temperatures of 59 degrees. bel air and hearford -- hereford, and we are looking at temperatures mid-60s around the bay. 67 degrees holding tight in rock hall. we have mild numbers this morning and maybe patchy fog a lot of cloud to be found but while we are looking at the radar composit with the satellite, you will see more rain back towards the west. not here yet, it will take its time to sneak in, but we have have the chance of showers developing this afternoon. we got lucky yesterday with the front edging closer to us. and as we pump it up into the low 80s. there will be the possibility of breaking out showers and thunderstorms. we will talk more about that and the big cooldown behind the system in few minutes. right now, let's go back to the roa

that and much more coming up on this wednesday may 4th, good morning i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment. let's kick off with a check of the midweek for cast with justin berk. >> cold front swinging through after we ended up with a beautiful day yesterday, it held off the cloud. look what we got this morning many all rain. maryland's most powerful doppler radar. light to moderate rain showing up. yellow and oranges and heavier bands of rains swinging through. another batch from west mister through laurel and we will pullthis back wired and being see from annapolis and southern maryland another band of rain and heavier rain towards hagerstown. 47 westminster. and 52 stephenson and arnold. let's see what's happening on the road because we have problems because of the weather. >> reporter: that's right. as you said, the roads are wet so take it easy. visibility is not terrible but the road conditions could slicken up. but we have a couple instances of trees and poles down. 695 at providence road, light volume no major problems or accident to report this morning. as we

. >> i am charley crowson. reaction from around the world but first a check of your local forecast with meteorologist justin berk. >> all right. good morning at 4:30. playing second fiddle to the weather report. but we are looking at storm reports from yesterday. 68 of them basically of high wind and hail across the deep south. arkansas east texas, they would expand that further to the east as it flares up the frontal boundary. severe weather doesn't hook as widespread as the outbreak last week but it had inject more cloud and we will try to get on the warmer side today. still showers threatening the region and will bring in the storms but tuesday night and 55 in baltimore. 58 in pax river not much of a variation and scattered showers or a thunderstorm. 72 this afternoon. our first look at traffic can kim brown. >> reporter: traffic is moving well. so far so good. light volume around the area for your monday morning commute. we have a hand full of road hazards. no accidents as we look live on 695 at wilkins. tr

i am charley crowson the megan has the day off -- crowson.an has the day o she will be back on -- day off. she will be back on thursday. let's kick off with the forecast with meteorologist justin berk. >> we hid mid-70s yesterday and the sun broke out. bonus territory. we are watching a slow moving frontal bondry to the west that will -- boundary to the west that will throw more clouds our way. a few bright spots in the sky. we are watching clouds that looks like we are partly cloudy here. 58 degrees in towson and let's see th

i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment and will be back on thursday. we have a full show for you. great ways to cook smoked salmon. that's one of the universal sea foods we enjoy. a lot easier and more versatile than you may think. also coming up, a day honoring the fallen men and women whoer is of the police force and fire departments. that day is coming up shortly. we will tell you all about that. and a great way to dine out in baltimore and have a great cause along the way. that is straight ahead on "good morning maryland. it's 9:00 and we are learning more and more about the operation that killed osama bin laden and what else they found in the pakistani compound. -- compoundch as news of the death sets in, many very many families are calling the realization bitter sweet. sandra endo has the latest from the turn of event. >> reporter: on a bustle lower manhattan you can see behind me on the yellow fence, fresh flowers, pictures and candles all in memory of the lives lost on 9/11. also, though, the backdrop is the construction of the freedom tower an

. >> i am charley crowson. more coverage worldwide but first a check of your monday forecast with meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning to you. i wanted

charley crowson is off but meteorologist justin berk is here with your forecast. >> all right. yeah. good morning. at 5:31. we have a brand new camera site. another hd camera from a different direction off the maryland science center showing federal hill. wanted to show you this. while it was not the prettiest days early tweed interesting cloud shots and the camera is shifted towards the east. you can see harbor east off there in the distance with sunlight reflected off a few buildings. let's switch it back over. you can see 5 off to the left and swinging a little further off to the left. we are looking north northeast at the inner harbor. we had pretty clouds roll through. occasional showers popped up in the afternoon. and they gave us the rainbow views and this morning, leftover clouds 44 brooklyn park at towson. 41 up towards hearford. a chilly -- hereford. we will show outforecast through more's day in a moment. here's kim with traffic. >> reporter: roadways look good through carroll county. no reported problems along 32 or route 140 heading towards 795. looking live at the

good morning, i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment and will be back on thursday. things off with justin berk and we are talking about the flooding in memphis and across the mississippi river. one year anniversary this happened in nashville. >> that's right. the impressive rain along the cumberland river and we talked about the flooding flew the grand ole opry. we have our concerns with flooding around the chesapeake bay. looks like we will have a potential of minor coastal erosion because -- at least coastal flooding that could lead to erosion as we have east

i am charley crowson. megan has day o this is your abc 2 news to g let's kick it off -- go.'s kick it off with meteorologist justin webbing. >> fies -- berk. >> fies start to a tuesday here -- nice start to the tuesday here. the sun is peeking up and we are starting to disburse the clouds. you will see sun this morning at 6:45. let's switch over to annapolis. u.s. naval academy always showing us a pretty view regardless of the weather. but you will start with sunshineas well. temperatures near by edgewater at 63. 61 in columbia and up toward westminster, 60. some cloud mixed n we will talk about the chance of thunderstorms rolling in to town coming up next. here kim with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. we are starting to see volume build up around the area as we look live here at 895. as you head into the harbor tunnel, traffic is moving still at a nice pace. we are seeing volume slow things down but no major accidents on 95, 695, 895, 795 looks good. 50 westbound approaching davidsonville road, an earlier accident cleared out of the travel lanes but it's still leaving some li

. >> i am charley crowson. let's kick it off with a check of the forecast before we get to the ground breaking news. >> we will go to our pride and joy the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. a lot of proud people down there and rightly so. let's check it out weather wise. as we look across the severn, we have cloudy -- a cloudy start and a few showers back towards the west. and that may impede the travel this morning with some wiper blades needed on the automobile. 58 degrees south wind and that's a sign of warm air trying to pump it in. we will switch it over towards the harbor school. 58 and no rain. we expect showers moving in as we head into the morning. just a few scattered showers enhancing a little bit to the west. in the last hour. more on that coming up in a bit. let's see what's happening on the road with kim brown. >> reporter: justin, we are off to a fairly good start this morning. however we are dealing with a very serious accident up in bell camp. but as we look at the beltway, 695 on the west side

. >>> time for your abc2 news to g i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment. she will be back tomorrow. you will notice school closures at the bottom of the screen there. a power outage in anne arundel county. we will monitor that. time for a check of the weather forecast with justin berk. >> it's storms road through and we had heavy rain and we were -- roll through and we had heavy rain and we were lucky to get through with just wet. del mar v is getting rocked. heaviest rain is on the eastern shore. we are watching it from about care line county. you got it in denton and centreville and towards the north. looks like chestertown and kent county up towards across the bay through bel air and up towards cecil county getting hit. we have rain but we have got some of that back towards west minimums tarn -- minister and we'll -- westminster. and we are looking at rain this morning, 45 to 50. and slowly trying to get back to 56 later on. overall, yeah, we have our look at time-lapse cameras. as we look at 45 degrees westminster and camera is bouncing around and we h

all that is coming up on this wednesday may 4th, good morning, maryland, i am charley crowson. megan is on assignment and will be back with us tomorrow morning. so let's check in on the midweek forecast with meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. we are waking up with a wet wednesday here. a good looking tuesday. we really lucked out with the sun in the afternoon. we hit our two degree guarantee in the 80s a different story this morning and a lot of us dropped into the 40s. annapolis has cloudy skies and rain nearby and 47 matching the mark in towson. we say good morning to both east and west middle school. i've been to east middle school with wind for change and west is coming up next week many twient say good morning to the stewed and he get them pumped up. we are looking at rain right now westminster you've got it. light to -- light to moderate. towson to jones falls expressway. moderate rain in annapolis and it's going to be a wet wednesday. temperatures may try to recover back into the upper 50s budget sharply cooler despite the fact we may break the late day sun. let

. >> i am charley crowson. let's kick it off with the forecast with justin berk. >> i want to show outschool i visited friday afternoon. we had a good time. wind for change raising money for the cool kids campaign and we are calculating the totals. so we will pass that along. and kid blowing over 30-mile- per-hour winds. but a good time out there. i want to thank miss heather for setting the program up and we look forward to doing more with them and everybody in the fine city of annapolis who is very proud of the u.s. naval academy this morning. and the entire navy and servicemen and women. looking in annapolis a. few showers on the way from the west. that will be part of the morning ride and on and off showers pushing 72 and a stray thunderstorm this afternoon. it's 6:44. let's go to the road with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. expect minor delays on the outside of the top side of the outer loop coming from bel air road heading towards york road this morning. again, no major incidents or problems around beltw

if you have an event you want to us share, e-mail us m pringle c crowson or morning show at wmar.com. get the information in so we can get it on the air and share it with all of maryland. justins. >> you want to see something -- justin. >> you want to see something cool? we are tracking a thunderstorm over ocean city 240 strikes in the last 20 minutes. that's actually well-off towards the east. right here, we are dealing with that rain and it backs up west of dc and towards frederick. we have a couple more hours to go but the rain will taper off this afternoon. still, paps of heavy rain on the north side of the city stretching from towson through timonium and cockeysville and westminster and it's about to get heavier. and we will track this and we have the outlook through mother's day weekend. stick around that's coming next. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. call now and you'll get this special bonus: $100 back.

good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us. this is obviously the big news of the day. it started late last night and the news keeps coming. you are looking at video and hearing cheers of celebrations as people learn osama bin laden had been killed in pakistan. millions of people are reacting and, of course, in washington, d.c. that's where we go live this morning to meet emily schmidt. she kicks off the team coverage this morning. emily, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for months u.s. intelligence focused on a suspicious mansion and signs bin laden could be inside. on friday the president authorize admission to find out and yesterday, u.s. special forces killed their number one target. in a 9 minute state last night, the president announced the end of a nearly 10-year man shouldn't. >> the united states is conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. leader of al-qaeda a terrorist responsibility forel murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. >> reporter: nearly 3,000 people died in the 9/11 atta